The Hope pioneer., 1887-08-12

DeAaWaie anu oAsIei couuCies, new YORK,
contagious pleuro-pneumonia.
On Monday, at the navy department, bids
were opened for the construction of three
steel cruisers of about 1900 tons disp,ace-
.ment, and two steel gunboats of about roo
tons displacement S s5
The coinage Of the mints during July was
Sl,9Go, 900, of which $500, 900 was in standard
silver dollars. y -
Upon the Sth, the majority against prohi-
bition in Texas had crept up to $4,000.
Crimes.
Six men were killed at q fight at the polls
at the election at Manchester, Clay Co.,
KY, mountain precinct There were 20
men or more engaged in the fight.
at Homer, Mich, on the End, Geo. Bur-
ton, farmer, aged 81, shot his wife wounded
his mother-in-law and killed himself. The
wife had begun proceedings for divorce.
Deupty Sheriff William Carson, son of the
noted scout, Kit Carson, was murdered sew
eral miles south of Almosa, Col, Thursday.
Carson had captured desperado named
Vigil and while he was reading the warrant
Vigil seized his pistol and beat him over the
head with it till he died. The murderer
escaped.
The trial at Chicago, of the commissioners
of Cook county and other officials, eleven
in all, under an omnibus indictment for
conspiracy to defraud the county resulted
on Friday in the conviction Of all the
defendants and the jury fixed the penalty
for seven of them at two years in the
penitentiary and a fine of $1,000 each, for
the others.
Charles McCard and Michael O'Hara,
farmers, living near Grand Rapids, Mich,
have quarrelled for over a year about the
possession of piece of land. McCard was
at his fathers house, when O'Hara came
along with a shot gun on his shoulder,
which he has habitually carried since the
trouble. William McCard got gun from
the house and Charles crept down to the
roadside and shot O'Hara, killing him in
stantly. The two McCards went to Grand
Rapids, Sunday, and gave themselves up.
About six weeks ago, Mrs. Beall, farm
er's wife, was found dead at her home near
Eaton, Ohio, by her husband, upon his re-
turn from town, having been shot twice and
her head nearly cut off. Mrs. Beall was left
at home that morning with her son ohm,
aged IL, who reported tramps had visited
the house, and while he was asleep commit
ISo 0uo o5111Die Cilule lu6 DOy mas now
confessed that he killed his mother, being
angry at favoritism shown his sister, who
was taken to town by the father, he being
obliged to remain at home.
All the members of the family Of Richard
Voolfolk himself, his wife, his six children
and an aunt of Mrs Voolfolk, were mur-
dered Friday night by son of the head of
the family by his first marriage, at the
Voolfolk farm IL miles from Macon, Ca
The nine victims of the murderous hand
Of Thos. G.. Voolfolk were buried Sunday.
-Four thousand people were present at the
funeral, many of whom had followed the
eight hearses to Macon from the scene of
the tragedy, thirteen miles away. The pro-
cession started from the Voolfolk House at
O'Clock Sunday morning and arrived at
Macon at 10 O'Clock, followed by long line
of carriages and buggies, not one Of which
contained a person bearing the name of the
victims: Mrs. Edwards, Of Athens, Ca. a
sister of the murderer, arrived at Macon
Sunday morning. Her frantic grief brought
tears to the eyes Of many. 1t was deemed
advisable to take the prisoner away from
Macon, so the sheriff quietly took him to
Atlanta. He will be kept there until his
trial begins.